Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE

9191 Grant Street, Thornton, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1821042979

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$220.51

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$220.51

Gross charge

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Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$10.60 with Cigna vs $350.00 with Life Source Services — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Connect-SBP $10.60 ↓ -95%
Cigna SureFit $14.23 ↓ -94%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $15.68 ↓ -93%
Cigna Broad $19.60 ↓ -91%
Humana MCR $22.12 ↓ -90%
United MCR $22.23 ↓ -90%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $22.34 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $22.34 ↓ -90%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $22.34 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $22.34 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $22.34 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $22.34 ↓ -90%
Bright Health PFFS $22.34 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRPPO $22.34 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRPOS $22.34 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.34 ↓ -90%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $22.34 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRHMO $22.34 ↓ -90%
Bright Health DualEligible $22.34 ↓ -90%
Anthem BCBS MCR $22.34 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRSNP $22.34 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $22.34 ↓ -90%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $22.34 ↓ -90%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $22.34 ↓ -90%
InnovAge Pace MCR $22.79 ↓ -90%
Kaiser MGMCR $22.79 ↓ -90%
WellCare MCR $23.01 ↓ -90%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $23.46 ↓ -89%
Vail Health COMM $33.52 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO $41.68 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $45.65 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $54.29 ↓ -75%
Bright Health OON $66.15 ↓ -70%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $69.25 ↓ -69%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $74.97 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $78.28 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefit $99.23 ↓ -55%
Anthem HMO $106.11 ↓ -52%
Anthem PPO $106.11 ↓ -52%
Aetna Cofinity $116.43 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $141.13 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $141.13 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $141.13 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $141.13 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $143.33 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $154.36 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $154.36 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $154.36 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $163.18 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $165.38 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $176.41 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $187.43 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $198.46 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $198.46 ↓ -10%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↑ +59%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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